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According to the article at Dr. Mercola article about Tap Water Toxins: Is Your Water Trying to Kill You?,  a "study published in the Journal of Environmental Sciences last year found that swimming in a chlorinated pool presented an unacceptable cancer risk".

The cancer risk of trihalomethanes, a byproduct of chloride, from various routes in descending order was:  

1. skin exposure while swimming
2. gastro-intestinal exposure from tap water intake
3. skin exposure to tap water
4. gastro-intestinal exposure while swimming

The article states, "THMs formed in chlorinated swimming pools have also been linked to spontaneous abortion, stillbirths and congenital malformations, even at lower levels."

That’s shocking.  Many people are so focused on seemingly irrelevant nonsense and forgo protecting their health. I have to pay tribute to my grandmother’s wisdom who states "Health comes first."

I encourage you to take action on this and warn others you care about.  Peace.

I believe this post can save you a lot of time and effort.  As a student of human behavior, I noticed a common logical flaw is that humans think they need be very creative to be successful and want to carve their place in history.

In other words, the feeling of importance is very powerful (that’s definitely a borrowed theory). Some argue it’s the most powerful human motivator.

Here’s an oversimplified example: would you rather travel the world to learn how to get from point A to point B or would pull out a map (assuming your goal is to get from point A to point B)?   Sure, travelling can be fine.  But, it’s often inefficent to break new ground when you can start at a proven starting point by benefting from the collective wisdom of people before you. 

That sounds common like common sense right?  Well, why do entrepreneurs and marketers think they need to create the next super-creative-extraodinaire business idea when there are many thing out there that already work?   Now, after you’re doing well with your innovation and have done your homework, I believe inventing based on proven principles is a more intelligent option.

Things to avoid:

– Seeking the glory/the credit/being special

– Having a big ego

Things to do:

– Get results

– Do your homework

"Ready Fire Aim." You’ve probably heard the above phrase before. I have.

I notice people doing slow and ineffective methods of achieving their dreams.

You don’t have to do it the hard way or earn it, despite what, many people will tell you.  I think it’s the approval seeking behavior people have that limits them from living the life they want.  Think like Felix Dennis, a man worth an estimated half a billion and author of How to Get Rich.  He recommends thinking independently because many people will be opposed to your quest to achieving big goals.

While in business school, I’d often hear: "I’ll stick to consulting for 3 years and then live out my passions." I don’t see the point of delaying it.

I think this is one the biggest challenge people have.  This may sound cheesy, but you already have what you needed all along: you’re ready now.

Since Google acquired Performics, an affiliate network, I’ve read some opinions on how "this will change the game" of CPA networks quite significantly.

In my humble opinion, they’re just building a better AdSense and they won’t compete super-directly with CPA networks. CJ doesn’t get advertisers who know what they’re doing as well as CPA networks like AdValiant.  CJ, for a significant part, attracts advertisers who throw up offers without thinking about how well it will do for their respective publishers.

So, I think they’ll just be like CJ with way better publisher capabilities for website owners open to get paid in a CPA as opposed to the traditional CPM/CPC.

AdSense is facing increasing threats from niched offerings like video ad services, contextual, and niche-specific ad platforms to help publishers monetize inventory. So, good move for them.  This is what I tested on Banzza.com and rotated through an open ad server; however, it was too time consuming.